Uncertainty bounds for a monotone multistate system

Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-260

  Langseth, Helge ^a   Lindqvist, B H ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; RELIABILITY;

BAYESIAN ESTIMATIONS; COMPONENT RELIABILITY; INDEPENDENT COMPONENTS; MULTI-STATE SYSTEM; RELIABILITY FUNCTIONS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SYSTEM RELIABILITY; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032396888     PISSN: 02699648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0269964800005179     Document Type: Article

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